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<br />Councilmember Musgrove asked about the request for a hybrid truck and which year the request <br />is on here. <br /> <br />Councilmember Woestehoff said it was on for 2025. <br /> <br />Councilmember Musgrove stated that she is not in support of this as she has heard negative <br />feedback pertaining to hybrids. <br /> <br />Finance Director Lund noted that there is a hybrid utility vehicle requested under the Police <br />Department. She added that this is being funded by the 2023 legislative funds. <br /> <br />Councilmember Musgrove asked if they are able to pick and choose which vehicle they would like <br />to purchase. <br /> <br />Councilmember Woestehoff noted that this vehicle appears to be the cheapest and gets better gas <br />mileage. <br /> <br />Councilmember Musgrove asked what the City Hall limestone retaining wall will be replaced with. <br /> <br />City Administrator Hagen stated that this is the retaining wall against Sunwood Drive. He noted <br />that they will be cleaning this up and repairing it as well as looking at landscaping around City <br />Hall. <br /> <br />Councilmember Howell asked why there are requests for Chevy’s and Ford’s and not Toyota’s. <br /> <br />City Administrator Hagen stated that they go off of the State bids. <br /> <br />Police Chief Katers explained that they get whatever is on the State contract which is going away <br />from sedans and moving to SUVs. <br /> <br />Councilmember Woestehoff shared that the Tahoe and the Ford utility vehicle show that they have <br />four year life spans while the Ram and the Durango have eight year life spans. <br /> <br />Police Chief Katers explained that if they are patrol vehicles that are used constantly they will be <br />swapped out quicker. He noted that the other vehicles are more administrative and are not used as <br />much. <br /> <br />Councilmember Woestehoff asked if this keeps the Police Department in the cycle of <br />replacements. <br /> <br />Police Chief Katers stated that this would ideally keep up; however, there are unknowns with <br />vehicle crashes. <br /> <br />Councilmember Specht asked for a good explanation as to why the levy increases every year. <br /> <br />City Council Work Session / July 25, 2023 <br />Page 8 of 11 <br /> <br />